Railway-tie.



UNITED STATE PALENT rrron.

RAILWAY-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 9, 1906.

Application filed March 7, 1905- Serial No. 248,866.

To all whom, it 71mg concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS E. HAsLnY, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Houghton, in the county of Houghton and State ofMichigan, have invented a new and Improved Railway-Tie, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in railway ties formed ofconcrete, vitrified clay, or other plastic material that may be moldedand have the required hardness and strength, the object being to providea tie of the above-mentioned type that will be cheap to manufacture andthat will be comparatively light, yet strong,.thus rendering it easilyhandled without danger of breaking.

Other objects of the invention will appear in the general description.

I will describe a railway-tie embodying my invention and then point outthe novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

' Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of the ties. Fig. 2 is a sectionon the line A B of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section on the line E F ofFig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan of a portion of the tie.

Fig. 5 indicates a modification of a portion of the tie, and Fig. 6 is asection on the line C D of Fig. 1.

The tie comprises bearing-blocks 8 for the rails, between the inner endsof which is a connectingblock 15, these several blocks consisting ofconcrete or other material, as before mentioned. The connecting-block 15is practically designed to hold the bearing. blocks in proper relationto each other or to the track-gage, and this block 15 is of lesscrossarea than the bearing-blocks. The under sides of the blocks 8 aretapered from their edges downward to about the center, as indicated at8. By this construction the ta1nping of the road-bed underneath the tiewill be greatly facilitated. As a means for holding the parts togethershould they be fractured in any manner, rods 9 are molded in the sameand extended longitudinally thereof. These rods may consist of any oldscrap metal, or even wire cables may be used. The bearingblocks 8 arefurther braced laterally by cables or rods 20, as indicated in Fig. 3,these parts 20 having hook ends, and as a still further means forholding the parts together lengthwise I employ a stay-rod 1]., whichpasses through an opening 10, and on the ends of the rod 11 are washers12 and tightening-nuts 13.

Near the outer ends of the blocks 8 and embedded therein are inverted-U-shaped plates 14, these plates being extended over the opening or hole10. The object of these plates is to prevent possible breakage of theblocks by an operator placing a bar in the opening for the purpose ofshifting the tie to proper position.

Seated in each block 8 is a metal boxing 16 for receiving a Wooden block16, designed to receive a fastening spike for the rails. This metalboxing is so shaped as to admit of a liberal amount of adjustment foralining rails without moving the bearingblocks. To prevent the block l6from being driven too far down, the opposite inside walls of the.boxings are inclined downward and inward near the bottom, as indicatedat 17in Fig. 3. Below the boxings downwardly-opening holes 18 areprovided, which will permit the discharge of any moisture that mightgather in the boxings and also permit of a slight circulation of airunderneath the blocks. These holes, further, will permit of a long spikebeing driven entirely through the block, as sometimes may he foundnecessary in repairwork. While I prefer the boxings, as indicated Figs.2 and 3, made in slotted castings, I may employ boxings consisting of aplurality of rings or bands 19, as indicated in Fig.5.

On each block 8 is a channel-plate 21, the opposite flanges on which aredesigned to engage closely against the edges of the baseflange of therail, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, and to cushion the rails a block 22,of Wood or other resilient material, is placed in the channel-plate 21.The channel-plate is provided at its edges with recesses 23 forreceiving the inner sides of the spikes.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A .railwaytie of plastic material, com prisingrailsupporting blocks having 0 posite tapers on the under side, a centerb ock, metal strips extended longitudinally through the several blocks,and metal strips arranged transversely in the bearing-blocks.

2. A railway-tie comprising bearing-blocks tapered on the bottom, acenter block, a tie rod extended through the several blocks, fasteningdevices on the ends of said rod, and

metal strips extended longitudinally through the blocks.

3. A railway-tie of plastic material, comprising bearing-blocks, andmetal boXings or casings seated in said blocks and adapted to receivewooden blocks the said blocks having downward and outward openings inline with said boxings.

4. A railway-tie of plastic material, com prising bearing-blocks havingopenings extended vertically through them, metal boxings arranged insaid openings, the inner surfaces of opposite walls of the boxes beinginclined inward and downward for a portion of the distance near thebottom, and metal strips extended longitudinally through the blocks.

5. A railway-tie of plastic material, comprising bearing-blocks havingvertical openings, boxings arranged. in said openings,

channel-plates mounted on the blocks, and

resilient plates arranged in the channel-plates.

6. A railway-tie consisting of plastic material and comprisingbearing-blocks, a center block abutting at its ends with thebearingblocks, the said several blocks having a longitudinal opening orbore, curved plates arranged in the bearing-blocks and extending oversaid bore near its ends, and a clamping-t bar passing through said bore.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS R. HASLEY.

Witnesses:

C. W. SANDERS, WILL J. HOFFENBAGHER.

